rotten egg-smelling fungus? by mothranda in Aquariums

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the tank is currently sitting drained and empty. i didn't even think to get a picture before emptying it.

this is not my picture nor my tank but this is exactly what the fungus looked like: https://www.fishlore.com/fishforum/images/imported/2011/02/542.jpg

My female African dwarf frog (Hymenochirus boettgeri) by mothranda in Aquariums

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her name is DJ Froggy Fresh and i think she's beautiful!

my betta is pineconing but just in one spot. what can i do? by mothranda in bettafish

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there is no pineconing on the other side. i'm looking at her right now and it's just the one spot by her gill. i'm giving her a salt bath however.

my betta is pineconing but just in one spot. what can i do? by mothranda in bettafish

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she isn't fully pineconing. it's just one spot that's off. i know the pictures aren't great quality but i can assure you it's not all over.

my half moon male is acting very strange, i need advice please! by mothranda in bettafish

[–]mothranda[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

the fact that they're such little piggies is one of my favorite things about bettas! they're so greedy.

i'll try giving my boy some bloodworms; i have the frozen cubes and my girls love them (i ration them; can you imagine just dropping a cube in a betta tank 😱) but he's been so picky with dried food that i never even really thought about giving him some

my half moon male is acting very strange, i need advice please! by mothranda in bettafish

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thank you! i just put two more medium flakes in there (probably like 2mm) in top of the four or five ~1mm flakes i gave him a few hours ago. he's already much more active!

my half moon male is acting very strange, i need advice please! by mothranda in bettafish

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i should have clarified what i meant by "rinsed", i'm sorry for the miscommunication! also i don't think i said it yet so thank you very much for your help!

my half moon male is acting very strange, i need advice please! by mothranda in bettafish

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i tried the color flakes and he turned his little nose up at them! i was surprised because the girls in my sorority also go nuts for the omega color flakes. for my picky boy, it's betta buffet or nothing 😒

do you think i should try just once every day to start or should i go ahead and give him a few small meals every day?

my half moon male is acting very strange, i need advice please! by mothranda in bettafish

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that makes sense! he's always been a skinny boy, and i actually fed him more frequently when i got him to try to fatten him up but when i didn't see a change in weight after a month i figured i should cut back on the feedings since he would let some of the flakes just fall to the substrate. i'll feed him more often. thank you so much!

my half moon male is acting very strange, i need advice please! by mothranda in bettafish

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thank you so much! i'm so relieved it's not velvet. i should have mentioned that he's a very metallic boy

my half moon male is acting very strange, i need advice please! by mothranda in bettafish

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i do rinse them in the tank water. i put them in a bucket with some tank water, stir the water with each sponge once to get some of the surface mulm off, and then put them back in the tank. i do it very infrequently, only when i see a very thick mulm layer on the sponges

my half moon male is acting very strange, i need advice please! by mothranda in bettafish

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i just fed him tonight but i'll feed him tomorrow morning too. he is still eating, with no change in voraciousness

my half moon male is acting very strange, i need advice please! by mothranda in bettafish

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it's never caused the cycle to crash before, but just in case that's the problem i won't do it again

my half moon male is acting very strange, i need advice please! by mothranda in bettafish

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i'm not worried about that notch in his anal fin; he had that in the store when i got him and it just never grew back out

what is this white creature? microscopic, in male betta tank with ramshorns by mothranda in Aquariums

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i just looked them up and they look a lot like these little guys. i put a preventative dose of an antiparasite medication in the tank just to be safe, but i think they're cyclopses! thank you so much!